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Ed Felien :
Rap Brown said it: ‘Violence is as American as cherry pie’

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

The right to armed self-defense of civil rights workers in the 1960s has been parodied by white right-wing racists defending themselves against the ‘tyranny’ of a federal government run by a black man. By Ed Felien | The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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Ed Felien :
Rap Brown said it: ‘Violence is as American as cherry pie’

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